about

Linda loves the experience of sketching out in the landscape, sometimes dodging rain or ever snow showers. She then works with these drawings, together with her memories and the sensations of that day, to create a finished piece of work in her studio.  Sketching and painting outdoors is a way of taking the landscape home and to re-live the experience again later.

Linda studied History of Art at the University of Edinburgh (MA Hons) and Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Wolverhampton (BA Hons). Significant short courses include printmaking at ‘New Grounds’, Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was part of an Arts Council funded study trip researching Route 66.

In 2017 she had an etching ‘On bare mountain’ selected by the Victoria and Albert Museum for their permanent collection.  She also won the WSA Elsie Holland Prize for outstanding work. Her drypoint print ‘From here to there’ is held in the Printmakers Council archives and it was chosen to appear on the artuk.org site’s database for UK public art collections.  

In 2018 an etching was on show at the Mall Galleries, London, as a shortlisted artist for A & I Artist of the Year Award. She has also shown at this gallery in other shows such as the Pastel Society and the Women Artists’ exhibitions.

In 2018 she was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA).  She is a member of the Printmakers Council, Birmingham Art Circle and Wolverhampton Society of Artists.  She regularly exhibits at the RBSA and further afield.  

In 2022 she was elected a full Member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA)

In 2023 she was elected a member of Birmingham Easel Club

In 2024 she took part in Sky Arts Landscape Artists of the Year as a Wild Card at Liverpool Albert Docks

2 Inking up etching plate 'Hedgerow to hillside'.jpg
for web 3 wiping the metal plate 'Hedgerow to hillside'.jpg
4 printing 'Hedgerow to hillside' on the etching press.jpg

Grants and awards

​2007Arts Council Travel Grant to research fascinating old gas stations, motels, diners and signs, investigating the rusting, fading image of the legendary road, Route 66, in Arizona and New Mexico in the USA and to create solar prints in Albuquerque.

2006 Arts Council Grant for ‘Imagetextimage’ group project and exhibition, Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton and poetry performance.

2017 Wolverhampton Society of Artists Elsie Holland prize for outstanding artwork.

2018 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists ,Highly commended

2023 Birmingham Art Circle, Highly commended

2024 Wolverhampton Society of Artists, Highly commended

2024 Residency Brisons Veor, Cornwall